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Dome Installation Video - Casa / Premio / Modena

Hello,

For many of you who bought a modular oven, you may have asked how we put the domes together when we build them. For those of you considering one of our ovens, we shot a video to make your install easier.

Work out your brick bond before you start.

03-08-2011, 12:28 AM

Work out your brick bond before you start.
I have seen so many ovens visually ruined with bad brick bond.
Before you start make sure your bond works, having halfs in the middle of a wall or oven is not a good look.

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Great advice! I had to cut EVERY brick on this wall except the bottom coarse. I came out on day two after the mortar had sat and didn't feel like knocking them out. A total rookie mistake that started when I cut the block.

There is a display house just down the road from here and the bricklayers didnt work out their bond, they have 6 3/4 cuts over a lintel right in front of the front door.
You would see it every day, it would drive me nuts.

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Just surfing the forum and re-found this thread of yours. Since posting in this thread I've built another oven and your title "Work out your brick bond before you start" was very important to me in making sure full bricks were laid over a wall containing 3 arches.....

setting out the bond.....

resulting in full brick bond over the arches..

Hope you don't mind me posting this as it may help people understand the importance of this thread title.

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Just surfing the forum and re-found this thread of yours. Since posting in this thread I've built another oven and your title "Work out your brick bond before you start" was very important to me in making sure full bricks were laid over a wall containing 3 arches.....

setting out the bond.....

resulting in full brick bond over the arches..

Hope you don't mind me posting this as it may help people understand the importance of this thread title.

Terry

Nice work, and you even worked out for the arches NOT to have a split over them, a true professional..

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I appreciated your kind words. I have visited your website on many occasions but I've only just read the entirety of your 2nd oven build. Never mind the fancy arches....That's one sexy beast you have built there.